colorless
pronunciation
How to pronounce colorless in British English:
UK ['kʌləlɪs]
How to pronounce colorless in American English:
US ['kʌləlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- lacking in variety and interest
- weak in color; not colorful
Word Origin
- colorless (adj.)
- late 14c., from color (n.) + -less. Figurative sense of "lacking vividness" is recorded from 1861. Related: Colorlessness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. In 1847 the scottish physician sir james young simpson first used the sweet-smelling colorless non-flammable liquid as an anesthetic .
- 2. Ven as muscovites choked under a blanket of thick smoke in the first week of august 2010 , concentrations of a colorless , odorless gas spiked to dangerous levels .
- 3. A pleasant-smelling , colorless and highly flammable liquid , ether can be vaporized into a gas that numbs pain but leaves patients conscious .
- 4. Bret allen langford , 39 , allegedly asked the owner of a jewelry store to show him a carat colorless diamond in april 2005 .
- 5. For example , if we want less odorless , colorless carbon dioxide billowing into the air from coal-fired power plants and vehicle tailpipes , then a tax should cause people to cut down on this undesirable activity .